Tissues flow and production of Tanzânia grass irrigated under different plants density and nitrogen doses / Fluxo de tecido e produção de capim-tanzânia irrigado sob diferentes densidades de plantas e doses de nitrogênio

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

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Brazil owns special opportunities to animal production based in pasture. However, the lack of knowledge about tissues flow related to forage plants productivity havent provided expected developments. This experiment was carried out in Forage sector of Animal Science department of Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, during the period of January until August of 2006. The experiment objectives were: Evaluate canopys height of Tanzania grass with 95% of photosynthetic active radiation interception and quantify the nitrogen fertilization influence and the plants density in the Tanzania grass tissues flow. Four doses of N (0, 80, 160 e 320 kg. ha-1), were arranged with three plants density (9, 25 and 49 plants.m-2 corresponding to sowing of 1.12; 3.08 and 6.16 Kg. ha-1 of viable pure seeds). Accordingly to factorial arrangement 4 x 3, randomly delineated, with three repetitions, totalizing 36 experimental units (parts). Total dry matter accumulation between the months of January and August was influenced (P<0.10) positively under nitrogen fertilization and due to plant densities. Leaf dry matter production was higher than pseudo-stem in all arrangements and experimental periods. In the rainy period, nitrogen fertilization influenced (P<0.10) pseudo-stem growth elongation positively and the harvesting Tanzania grass interval was influenced negatively. This means that those highest N doses decreased the interval between harvests, and consequently increased numbers of harvests of Tanzania grass under 95% of light interception. The rate of leaf appearance and the phyllochron were influenced (P<0.10) only under nitrogen fertilization in the transition period of rainy and dry weather. However, during dry weather period, using N in Tanzania grass, it resulted the increase of dry matter percentage, and the rate of pseudostem. The plant densities presented negative effect (P<0.10) toward the leaf growth elongation rate, the number of alive leafs and pseudo-stem growth elongation rate. The lowest plant densities were detected higher tillers appearance, due to the occupation of sites. Canopys Tanzania grass height under 95% of light interception was positively influenced (P<0.10) because of the plant densities in rainy period and transition period between rainy and dry weather and dry weather. Tanzania grass height under 95% of light interception presented variations along the evaluations and the values were higher (about 70 cm) in rainy period (71.68 cm), followed by transition period rain/dry weather (64.22 cm) and dry weather period (43.11 cm).

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height panicum maximum tanzania grass interceptação luminosa pastagem e forragicultura altura capim-tanzânia panicum maximum light interception

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